SAN DIEGO, June 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspire 2014 – Alteryx, the leader in data blending and advanced analytics, today announced the new Alteryx Analytics Certified Expert (ACE) Program. The Alteryx ACE Program recognizes the best and most influential of the Alteryx community, and represents the growing global adoption of Alteryx analytics technology. Announced today at the Alteryx Inspire conference, the first five Alteryx ACEs will provide expertise and advice to the analytics community, empowering data analysts to deliver greater business insights to their organizations with data blending and advanced analytics.

"The Alteryx ACE program was developed to highlight the best, most exciting and most influential users of Alteryx Analytics and to recognize them for the meaningful impact they are making, not just inside of their organizations – but across the analyst community," said Paul Ross, Vice President of Product and Industry Marketing at Alteryx. "This is an exciting time to be a data analyst, and the Alteryx ACE program celebrates this high-profile and important role."

2014 Alteryx ACEs Honored at Alteryx Inspire

These first five Alteryx power users will share their unique insights through blogs, social media, and community sites and will also provide input into Alteryx product development. Their community engagement will kick off with involvement in the Alteryx Inspire conference, including an in-depth Expert Panel session where they will also be joined by Tableau Zen Masters. Membership of the ACE program runs for one year. The 2014 Alteryx ACEs were nominated by the technical and customer focused associates at Alteryx.

"If you follow me on social media, then you already know that I live, eat and breathe analytics, and as a long time Alteryx user, partner and the 2013 Alteryx Grand Prix champion, I am incredibly honored to become an ACE," said Chris Love, Consultant at The Information Lab. "Alteryx enables me to love what I do because I don't waste time on mundane data problems and instead can quickly deliver analytical insight. I really look forward to digging into my role as an ACE and helping users get even more value from Alteryx."

Alteryx is the leader in data blending and advanced analytics software. Alteryx Analytics provides analysts with an intuitive workflow for data blending and advanced analytics that leads to deeper insights in hours, not the weeks typical of traditional approaches. Analysts love the Alteryx analytics platform because they can deliver deeper insights by seamlessly blending internal, third party, and cloud data, and then analyze it using spatial and predictive drag-and-drop tools. This is all done in a single workflow, with no programming required. More than 500 customers, including Experian, Kaiser, Ford, and McDonald's, and 200,000+ users worldwide rely on Alteryx daily. Visit www.alteryx.com or call 1-888-836-4274. Alteryx is a registered trademark of Alteryx, Inc.